Monday, August 30, 2010

High mast lights

Hi,

Ref: High mast lights
A high mast light was installed in 2004 in our area by the then MLA,but it was functional for only few months,repeated complaints to MCD have yielded no results.In 2009 some more lights were installed but MCD has made no effort to maintain them some of them are not functioning from day one.Even maintainance of lights come under two authorities BSES and MCD.Things can never improve with shared accountability,its a easy way out for both the agencies to shift the blame on each other.
Regards
Ranju Minhas
Gen secretary
SHIELD citizens initiative
Masjid moth, Phase - 1,
New Delhi - 48

2 comments:

  1. Ranjuji,
    I am working on a research project dealing with citizen involvement for improving local governance. I came across the SHIELD Citizens Initiative and found your approach interesting. I would appreciate if you can share your thoughts on the subject.
    You can get in touch with me at mbhasin@berkeley.edu
    looking forward to hearing from you
    Thanks
    Madhavi

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  2. Dear Madhavi,
    Thanks!for the appreciation,but sadly this is how things work in India.We have to request ,plead with the officials to get work done.Good work culture is missing in the govt depts,employees are there on payrolls but are missing from the field coupled with caste based recruitment and reservations have played havoc in the development.Competency gets compromised and you have lethargic work force who is sure that they wont loose their jobs by not working,or their lack of competency.You can see the CWG mess and the shoddy work execution every where in Delhi.

    Warm Regards

    Ranju
    ranju.minhas@gmail.com

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